Changeling

//ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒlɪŋ//

Synonyms for "changeling" (304 found)

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Closest matches (61)

Strong matches (91)

Related words (152)

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Translations

42 translations across 23 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • خائن noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 調換兒 /调换儿 noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Danish

1 entries
  • skifting noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Dutch

2 entries
  • wisselbalg noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • wisselkind noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Finnish

1 entries
  • vaihdokas noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

French

2 entries
  • changelin noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • changeling noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

German

4 entries
  • Dickkopf noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • Kielkropf noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • Wechselbalg noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • Wechselkind noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • umskiptingur noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Irish

4 entries
  • carrachán linbh noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • fágálach noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • iarlais noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • iarmhar noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 取り替え子 noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • 鬼子 noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Latin

1 entries
  • cambiō noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Manx

2 entries
  • faagailagh noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • lhiannoo shee noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Navajo

1 entries
  • nádleehé noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • byting noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Persian

2 entries
  • تخمِ جن noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • عوضی noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Polish

1 entries
  • odmieniec noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Russian

1 entries
  • подме́ныш noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Scots

2 entries
  • ta'en-awa' noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • witch-wean noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • sìthbheire noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • tàchaire noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • tàcharan noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)
  • tàcharan-sìthe noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • promenant noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Spanish

1 entries
  • niño cambiado noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Swedish

1 entries
  • bortbyting noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Welsh

1 entries
  • plentyn cael noun (infant of a magical creature secretly exchanged for a human infant)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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In the Deep Space 9 space station, Odo is a Changeling security chief.

Source: tatoeba (4646798)

[S]he, as her attendant, hath / A louely boy ſtollen, from an Indian king: / She neuer had ſo ſweete a changeling.

Source: wiktionary

Every Lover admires his miſtris, though ſhee be very deformed of her ſelfe, [...] her feet ſtinke, ſhee breed lice, a meere changeling, a very monſter, [...]: if he loue her once, he admires her for all this, he takes no notice of any ſuch errors, or imperfections of body or minde.

Source: wiktionary

Juſt as a Changeling ſeems below the reſt / Of Men, or rather is a two-legg’d Beaſt, / So theſe Gigantick Souls amaz'd we find / As much above the reſt of human kind.

Source: wiktionary

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